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Configuration Goals and Objectives

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The major goal of Siebel application configuration is to create a target application that meets the look, feel, and functional requirements of your organization and your users—and is easy to maintain and upgrade.

Key objectives for your configuration project should include:

• Leverage existing Siebel application functionality (that is, never create new objects unless your requirements cannot be met by modifying existing ones).

  If you follow this principle your configured application will be much easier to maintain and upgrade to future Siebel product releases. See the section on Upgrade Inheritance in Repositories.

• Standardize configuration development.

  For object naming guidelines, see Object Definitions, Value Types, and Naming Conventions in Siebel Tools Fundamentals.
  Follow these guidelines when you modify existing objects or create new ones.

• Achieve acceptable system performance.

  For information about tuning performance, see Performance Tuning Guide.

• Build a consistent and intuitive user interface.

  For example, if you create a new form applet it should have the same general look and feel as other form applets in your Siebel application.

  For information about configuring your Siebel application user interface, see Siebel Tools Fundamentals.

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